Dungeon Siege 3 is set to receive some DLC in the coming weeks, which means now is a good time as ever to head back into the kingdom of Ebb and wrap up some of those missing quests and find those rare items.  Recently Prima Games contacted me to see if I was interested in checking out their offerings in the realm of digital strategy guides.  In the day and age of the internet is something like this even still relevant?  Once you fire up one of the digital guides, it's easy to see the production values are signifcantly higher than what you'd find on YouTube or GameFAQs.

In this week's episode, Mike and Nick channel their inner Deckard Cain and talk an awful lot about the Diablo 3 beta. Yes, we're addicted. The surprise return of the Jane's series to gaming is discussed as well as a little bit of Gears 3. All that, plus this week's co-op news and the usual dose of self-congratulatory promotion is in store for you, gentle listeners.

Dead Island is getting a movie.  Or more accurately: the Dead Island trailer is getting a movie.  If you've seen it, you know why.  If you haven't, allow me to welcome you to the internet.  It's scary in here.  This will help.  In a recent press release, Lionsgate (yeah, that one) announced they had acquired the film rights to develop a movie based on the Dead Island IP.  The release went on to tout the greatness of the trailer:

This two-player, local and online co-op game just doesn't seem to stay down for long: starting October 4th (next Tuesday), the Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition will appear on the PlayStation Network as an on-demand title. I can't see this really being top news, though, because everyone has played and loved this game by now. Right? Anyone?

There's been a plenty of gimmicky third person shooters.  Some games let you change the terrain, others use psychic powers to varying degrees of success.  Inversion has a gimmick, but it appears to have a little substance to its style.  Well, at least the gimmick seems to be fully realized, which might be enough to separate it from the late winter fodder.  This latest video introduces us to some of the gravity related combat features of Inversion.  We've seen some of these before, but hey, they look nice.  As an added bonus, the melee combat looks brutal and bloody.  Gravity assisted body slams are always a good thing, right?

Did you perhaps pre-order Dark Souls on the 360 thinking "ahah, now I can use the XBL party interface to chat with my friends as we're getting slaughtered in co-op together!"? Well, From Software has apparently anticipated your completely unreasonable desire for human contact as you rage and/or whimper your way through the game. Not only is voice chat unsupported within the game, but if you even try to start a Party Chat session through the XBL Party interface, Dark Souls will kick you out of your game right back to the start menu. It will reprimand you with the message: "Cannot continue game while you are in party chat. Returning to title screen..." So there you have it. You get the comfort of your friends' avatars at your side, and that's about it. Skype, anyone?

If you've been following the series this week, we've been focusing each article on a character from the Diablo 3 beta and how they play into the cooperative aspects of the game.  So far we've covered The Wizard and The Witch Doctor.  Today our focus is on Diablo 3's Monk character.

Dead Nation has gotten a piece of downloadable content today called Road of Devastation which adds new content to the two player co-op twin stick shooter on the PlayStation Network.  

A demo is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, the kid oriented Kinect game set in the Sesame Street universe and created by Double Fine Studios.  

Our next co-op FAQ is now available.  While our database always contains the most pertinent information for a game, sometimes the scope and questions that come up from the cooperative aspects extend past a simple entry.  That's where's our Co-Op FAQs come in.  Without further ado, our Gears of War 3 Co-Op FAQ.

Great news, everyone!  Crimson Alliance is getting some downloadable love!  No, not that kind - what on earth in wrong with you?  On October 12th developer Certain Affinity will release the "Vengeance" DLC.  This will feature new, more challenging levels and enemies.  There will also be a new survivor mode titled "Fistful of Coins."  Finally, it includes three new Achievements. The Vengeance DLC will cost 240 MSP ($3). 

I've been trying to figure out exactly what the heck is going on in these Anarchy Reigns videos.  Two men with different intentions, but the same goal, arrive in the ruined city of Altambra.  They're looking for some sort of mystery man.  And then the "usual suspect are ready."  "Usual suspects?"  Which one is usual?  The robot bull with the jet powered hammer? The tiger man with his gun leg? What about the hulkified-pig-man, or the transformer?  I'm done trying to figure it out.  I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the show.